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molsnian

(v.)
Grammar
molsnian, p. ode

To moulderbecome corruptdecay

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To moulder, become corrupt, decay Sóna hé molsnaþ and wyrþ tó ðære ilcan eorþan ðe hé ǽr of gesceapen wæs soon it (the body) suffers corruption, and turns to the same earth from which before it was made, Blickl. Homl. 21, 28.

Linked entries: a-molsnian ge-molsnian

ge-stun

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.), 150, 41. a storm, tempest, hurricane Þæt gestun and se storm and seó stronge lyft brecað bráde gesceaft hurricane and storm and tempest break up the wide world, Cri. 991.

wilde

(adj.)
Grammar
wilde, adj.

Having powerpowerfulstrong

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Ðæt ðæt gesceád beó wylldre ðonne seó yfele gewilnung, Basil admn. 3; Norm. 40, 3. Útancumene men beóð wildran ðonne gé and eów genyðriaþ advena ascendet super te eritque sublimior; tu autem descendes et eris inferior Deut. 28, 43.

efen-swíþe

(adv.)
Grammar
efen-swíþe, adv.
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Manigu óþru gesceaft efnswíðe him ( the elements ) winnað betweox him (cf. manega óþru gesceafta beóþ á swá ungeþwǽra betwux him, Bt. 21; F. 74, 16), Met. 11, 44

wirgung

(n.)
Grammar
wirgung, e; f.

Cursinga curse

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Úre tunge is gesceapen tó Godes herungum, ná tó deófollícum wyriungum Homl. Th. ii. 36, 3-6. Wyrgunge maledictionem, Ps. Lamb. 108, 18. Heó wolde ðone sunu ðe hí getirigde mid wyriungum gebindan, Homl. Th. ii. 30, 6.

Linked entry: wergung

fandian

(v.)

to tryto temptto tryto trytastefeelto tryto visittemptprovokeattempt

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Man ne sceal fandian Godes þá hwíle þe hé mæg mid ǽnigum gesceáde him sylfum gebeorgan.

ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, p. ge-teóde.
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Ex. 174. to appoint a person or thing to a course, &c. destine Wið þæs gecyndes þe hí Fæder æt frymðe fæste getióde (cf. þǽre gecynde ðe ǽlc gesceaftgesceapen wæs, Bt. 25; F. 88, 7), Met. 13, 13.

ge-líffæstan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-líffæstan, p. -líffæste; pp. -líffæsted, -líffæst

To make alivequickenvivificāre

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To make alive, quicken; vivificāre God geworhte ǽnne mannan, and hine gelíffæste, and he wearþ ða mann gesceapen on sáwle and on líchaman God made one man, and made him alive, and he then became man with soul and body, Homl. Th. i. 12, 29.

Linked entry: líf-fæstan

up-heofon

(n.)
Grammar
up-heofon, es; m.

The heavensthe sky

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Beofaþ ealbeorhte gesceaft ... dyneþ upheofon, Exon. Th. 448, 25; Dóm. 59. Eálá middaneard ... eálá upheofon, Cd. Th. 275, 6; Sat. 167.

Linked entry: up-rodor

nídþearf-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
nídþearf-líc, adj.

Necessaryneedfuluseful

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Is swýðe nýdþearflíc ( necessaria ) gesceád, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 35. Gif ic síe ðínum folce nédþearflíc tó hæbbene, Blickl. Homl. 225, 26. Bútan tó his neódþearflícre þénunge nisi ad usum necessarium, Bd. 2, 16; S. 520, 8.

tealtrian

(v.)
Grammar
tealtrian, p. ode

To shake, totter, stagger, be unsteady, to be in an uncertain or a precarious condition

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Ðý læs ðe ðæt eásterlíce gesceád tealtrige lest the calculation of Easter be untrustworthy, Anglia viii. 308, 4. Tealtrian mid fótum to stagger, Dial. 1, 4 (Lye). Ðý læs se steall cyricean tealtrian (taltrigan, Bd.

Linked entry: tealtian

á-gildan

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Gesceád ágyldan to render an account , Hml. Th. i. 274, 3. to pay for, make retribution for Hí sculon deóre ágildan eal þæt hí forgímdon. Wlfst. 190, 22. Þá ǽrran þing ágoldene wǽron. Ors. 5, 15; S. 250, 31

Linked entries: á-geldan on-gildan

ge-sceádan

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D. ii. 86, 26. to arrange Gesceáden gisomnung distincta congeries, Mt. p. 4, 3. to scatter, shed Genim þás wyrte tó dúste gecnucude, gesceád (-scád, v.l. ) tó ðám sáre, Lch, i. 290, 12. non-material objects, to distinguish Ðú ðe dæg gisceádas (discernis

ge-sete

Grammar
ge-sete, l. ge-set,
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Hwylc sý Meotodes gesceaft sigefolca geseta, þǽr hé sylfa wunað, Gn. C. 66. Tó heallicum geseton ad palatinas aulas, An. Ox. 2997 : 7, 215. Yldran ússe (Adam and Eve) sóhton sorgfulran gesetu, Ph. 417.

heald

inclinedinclined to

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On ðá healdan stíge, iii. 462, 11. figurative. inclined to Ꝥ ǽlc gesceaft bið heald onlocen (-loten?) wiþ hyre gecynde, Bt. 25; F. 88, 7. that tends to mean things Þá healdan divexa (ardua sectari necnon devexa cavere, Ald. 157, 2), Wrt.

husc-lic

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Ne ðúhte him tó huxlic þæt hé mid gesceáde hine betealde unsynnine, 226, Næs on þǽre þeóde nán deáþ swá huxlic swá swa on ródehengenne, Hml. A. 76, 81

Linked entry: hux-lic

stów

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things Momentum ys gewyss stów þǽre sunnan on heofenum, Angl. viii. 318, 4. with reference to non-material things Sume úre déningbéc onginnað on Adventum Domini; nis ðeáh þǽr for ðý ðæs geáres ord; ne eác on ðisum dæge (the Circumcision) nis mid nánum gesceáde

mirce

(adj.)
Grammar
mirce, adj.

darkmurkydarkblackevil

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dark, murky Ða mircan gesceaft ( Hell ), Exon. 116 a; Th. 446, 23; Dóm. 26. Gang ofer myrcan mór her course o'er the dark moor, Beo.

wlite-beorht

(adj.)
Grammar
wlite-beorht, adj.

Of splendid beautybeautiful

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Grammar wlite-beorht, of things Dæg, wlitebeorhte gesceaft, 8, 28; Gen. 131. Of ánum wætre wlitebeorhtum, 14, 17; Gen. 220. Eorþan, wlitebeorhtne wang, Beo. Th. 186; B. 93. Hí him wíc curon, ðǽr him wlitebeorhte wongas geþúhton. Cd.

lícham-lic

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Add: bodily, corporeal, physical or material as opposed to spiritual or immaterial Nán líchamlic gesceaft næfð náne sáwle búton se man ána, Hml. A. 12, 294. Ic eom þurh míne gecynd Hchamlic man and þú eart éce God, 156, 123.

Linked entry: lícum-líc